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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-08-31

Much land is constantly be ng
taken up in Nevada by perso"S'
evidently, who intend to improve
it, but we are not likely to nave
a boom in this State until ample
provision is made for storing up
and utilizing the water now above
to run to waste. We have on ou'
side OF the Sierras an immense
water shed and several large rivers
but the water is permitted TO no"
away in floods at the time OF the
melting away of the snow IN 'he
Sierras. Thus it is with us e'tuei
feast or a famine. There mus
soon be adopted some regular sNS
tenn Of irrigation to hold back th'
surplus of water of Spring, in oroe
that it may be drawn uponin ar.
season. AS this dry season Is Q
but little more than two months
duration no great number of resei
yoils would at first be require"
In constructing these the SITES
present lakes could De utiiizeu
Afterward a second series OF reese
vo,rs could be constr ucted lowe
down in the mountains, and hnai'
others in the foothills and adjoinin
valleys. Before Nevada can nav
much of a land boom she mu
have a water boom. Our soil Is
right; all that is required is lit
water tomoisten it.-Enterprise.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-08-31
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

A large force of hop-pickers
are at work in the vineyards IN the
Sacramento Valley.
The petroleum find near Park
field, Monterey county, has caused
much excitement.
The perk-packing estaoiisn-
ment at San Luis Obispo started up
Friday with 500 hogs in the pen.
The Hotel Arcadia at Santa
Monica is to be run hereafter by
Mr. Pearson of the Baldwin Hotel,
San Francisco.
The Pacific Coast Railway
Company has given orders for the
survey of the town of Ell Olivo' San
Luis Obispo county.
The most successful fair ever
held in Sonoma county closed al
Santa Rosa on Saturday, and pre-
miums we're awarded that evening
General Miles denies the rumol
of an outbreak in Arizona ane
saws that there is not a hostile In
dian in either Arizona or New Mexi
CO.
Henry Plummer, a coiore'
messenger of the Bank OF British
Columbia, at Portland, has com
mitted forgery and tneit and left tn
State.
Two men were captured at A
buquerque, N. NJ, yesterday WIN
we're travelling over the country VIII
two-horse wagon carrying con
plete counterfeiting outfit, ana SOY
ing spurious gold and silver COLI
wherever they went. The counte
felt $40 gold pieces bear the date
1860.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-08-31

Justice Field, of the Unlteo
States Supreme Court, sitting IN
San Francisco, rendered q decision
Monday declining to compel the
officers of the Central Pacific Rail
road Company to answer certain
questions propcunded by the Pa
cific Railroad Commission, and al.
% declined to make an order giving
4he Commission access to the books
Of the various construction com
paniss.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-08-31

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

THE Democratic dissatisfaction with
Mr.. Randall is assuming shape. The an
nJuncement has been made from Wash
ington that many Democratic members of
the new House have notified Mr.. Carlisle
that their support of him for reelection
to the SpeakeTship will be conditioned
upon his pledging himself to cut loose
from Samuel j. Randall in making up his
committees. Discussing this disposition
to force Mr. Randall into the Democratic
party or out of it, the Chicago Herald says:
of it is urged that the Randall wing must
be COnCiliated in order to keep the new
Congress in Democratic hands, tae mar
gin being small one, then there ought
to be character enough in the party to
prefer the loss of control temporarily to
the loss Of principle and honor. The
best thing that could happen
to the Democratic party would
be fusion between the Re-
publicans and the Randall monopolists.
1t would result in the loss of the Speaker
ship and the petty patronage of the House,
but eventually it would lead TO the pre-
sentation to the people in its true light Of
g question on which the Democratic
party must triumph most signally. The
longer the present unnatural alliance
between Randall and his little pap-sucking
contingent is maintained the longer will
it be before the great and attractive
questions of tax reduction and monopoly
destruction will be kept in the back
ground to the material harm OF the party
which processes to advocate them"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

Why then should the Republican Legisls-
ture or politicians Of the protection-rid-
den STATE desire to shelve Randall? In
THE GAzETTE's opinion they do not pur-
pose anything of the kind. 1t is stated,
and nobody has seen fit to deny the state
ment. that the clan Cameron, which is all
powerful in Pennsylvania Republican cir
cles, has declared that the proposed
gerrymander shall not take place; that
Mr.. Randall shall hold his district: that
he is the last man who ought to be res
tired, etc. So earnest are the Camerons
on this point, that father and son, aid
Simon and Senator Don, HE'D them to
Harrisburg to work against the scheme.
And thus we have the grotesque specta-
Gle, never presented in any other state,
of Republicans working, tooth and toe
nail, to keep Democrat in place that
Republican could be elected to if his
party wanted a Republican therein.
Democrats will please take note and draw
their own conclusions.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
A Deficit gnt Dnwn.

NEW YORK, March l6.-The expert ac-
countant employed by G. L. Webster &
Co., to examine tn" books kept by Frank
NJ. Scott, accused of having misappropri-
ated more than 100000, has made state
ment to the firm. The statement saws the
sales books were found to be correct, the
cash books showed Scott received in cash.
bills ana checks amounts sggregating
sl,2O7, 1854 from July, 1885, to March 5,
1886, and that during the same time paid
OUT s1,lO5,7l9, thus leaving balance of
Sl0l,645 to be accounted for On
March 8. On that date there was in
the banks and in Scott's cash box only
S8l sos, leaving deficit OF $50, 23S. The
expert claims to have discovered that
Scott attempted to conceal the alleged.
shortage by false entries in the cash
books. There IS q further item Of $4,000
under scrutiny. - 81
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

WHERE is thai Fort Worth and Rio Grande
Railroad? Our people are anxious % near
something more tangible than run or -[Coman-
che Chief.
In November, 1886, a meeting was held
in Fort Worth, at which bonus of $780,
900 was raised to secure the building of
the Fort Worth ana Rio Grarde Railway.
That was four months ago, To-day the
road is graded to Granbury, in Hood
county, nearly ten miles of steel rails are
laid, bridge has been built over the
Brazos, engines and cars sre here, and in
six weeks the cars will be running TO
Granbury, only SIX months from the time
the bonus was subscribed. If the whole
history of railroad building in Texas
shows an instance of more rapid constrGc-
ton than this, the Chief will please point
1t out. 1t takes time to build railroads,
but the Fort Worth and Rio Grande has
consumed as little of it as any road in
America.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
Natural Advantages.
BRENNAN Banner,

THE GAZETTE claims that Fort Worth
has now nine outlets by rail in operation,
and before the end of the present year
will have twelve outlets. In 1876 Fort
Worth had no railroad and hardly 1000
population. She now claims q pOpula-
ton of %, 600. Is any better evidence or
what push and enterprise can accomplish
needed: 1t was not a chance or natural
advantages that caused Fort Worth to
build up, but it was enterprise on the part
Of her citizens that did the work The
people of Brennan could probably
look around and see what other towns
and other sections of the state are doing
In this day and time it takes railroads
and manufactures to build up live and
progressive towns. Natural advantages
counted when water WAS the principal
means of transportation; in these days Of
railroads natural advantages amount to
but little; the railroad equalizes all nat
ural advantages. The old town OF
Washington, Tex, had steamboat nayi-
CATION and natural advantages; she
snapped her fingers at the Central Rail
road-didn't want it. What is Washing
ton to day? Echo from Navasota an
swers; Nothing but a small hamlet
and p0stoffice"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

PATENT print concern has been send
ing out Tslmsge sermons that were not
preached by Talmage. DR.. Talmsge
recently said:
Not In petulant but in kindly terms l must
complain that wrong has been done me and
the cause OF honest jour alism, by a pretended
sermon that is going the rounds OF hundreds of
papers with my name appended, sermon en-
titled FRAUDS Detected" text, Numbers XXI,
%: But If ye will not DO SO, behold, We have
sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin
will find you out" Not one sentence of that
pretented sermon did preach.
If this were the only otfense of the kind
would not speak of 1t. Such a fraud is not only
wrong to me but to the gentlemen who, at
these tables, Sabbath by Sabbath, take accurate
report of what is said and done; and Is 8 groes
wrong to the 1000 newspapers which give every
week my sermon in full to their readers, and
often at great expense to themselves. The
only faul! have to find with the newspaper
press OF this country is that they treat me too
well. But can not be held responsible for
entire sermons, not one word of which did
preach.
THE GAZETTE is the only paper in
Texas that prints the sermons Of Dr.
the day after they are delivered.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
BETTER CHURCH BUILDINGS.

DE Len III OHCI d O4LO1N 10.
a correspondent in THE GAzETTR to-
day calls attention to the need of better
church buildings in Fort Worth. Truly
do churches, as do schools and
streets and sidewalks, attract and hold
the home seeker and investor. In the
matter of suitable church edifices Fort
Worth is sadly deficient. THE GAZETTE
believes that the people generally appre-
Ciate this fact and that an energetic eff
fort on the part Of any congregation will
be met with encouragement. This
correspondent directs especial at
tention to the First Presbyterian
church building, which has not
even seating capacity for its congrega-
tions. Our Presbyterian fellOw-Citizens
should remedy this matter. The move
n1ent should begin with the members, and
THE GAZETTE doubts not a very kindly
feeling TO all work of Improvement will
be found to exist among all classes of
Fort Worth people. This paper would
be pleased to record g boom in the
erection of church buildings more suited
to the demands and needs of the city.
Other denominations have been debating
the matter, and if some one VIII lead OF
it will be an inducement to all to do so.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

A MASSACHUSETTS, paper Is wagIng war
on tobacco. Speaking of the law prohib-
iting smoking in the streets of Boston,
that paper says; "The enactment is q
very old one and was made with view of
lessening the chances OF setting fire to
buildings and not to check useless and
expensive habit. Some one who has q
penchant for figures has given some very
suggestive facts regarding the weed; in
fact, they are enough 10 make a tobacco
user sick. 1t appears that the total ex-
penditure of consumers in the Urited
States is s256, 800, 900, and all but $50,
600, 900 of this goes up in smoke, while
the rest goes into the cuspidor. The an
nuaI cost Of schools in the United States
is $40, 1000, liquor 100000, 600, sugar
S187, 1000, 900, tea, coffee and cocoa $780,
1000.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

GOVERNOR TAYLOR Of Tennessee has
had some startling evidences of the un-
certainty of popular favor, A few months
since his party could not laud him enough,
but when he stepped outside the limita-
tions he found his own weakness. For
favoring federal aid to public education
he has been hung in effigy, and his quip
and quirks and merry jests are remem-
bered no more. Sages have moraIized on
trimming the sails for the breeze of popu-
Iarity, eulogists have drawn lesson from
the fate of heroes sacrificed to tickle
peoples clamor, but all is unavsiling.
Men not only seek honor st the lannon's
mouth but dare all for the transient glory
of holding office.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

NUMEROUS are the names suggested to
fill the place IN Plymouth church made
vacant by the death of Beecher. 1t is
said Rev. Matthew c. Julien of New Bed
ford, Mass, will be called. To any one
this is an unpromising field in which to
win laurels. Few men have the individu-
atty of Beecher, and any attempt to i'm
itate his methods can only meet with
failure; and originality OF different
stamp will not be likely to meet with
favor from those who have so long
listened to this man of genius, born
leader of thought.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
TALK OF Shell TING RANDALL.

Sensational TumOrS are waited from
Pennsylvania to the effect that a scheme
IS on foot to "freeze out" the Hon Samuel
Jones Randall and retire him from poll.
tics, at least as q member of Congress
The Legislature OF Penn sylvania is in SEES
sion al Harrisburg, and the story goes
that it is in mood to do some gerryman-
dering, especially as to the congressional
districts; that the Republicans of Penn
sylvania are weary of seeing Randall re-
turned every two years as a Democrat,
and purpose to wipe out the shoestring
district extending along the Delaware
front, which seems to have been main-
tanned many years for Mr. Randall's espe-
cial benefit. The Legislature has Repub
Iican maj ority, and as the Governor is also
Republican, 1t will be very easy for the Re-
publicans to carry out such scheme if they
really desire to get rid of Mr.. Randall.
THE GAZETTE does not take stock in
these rumors and regards them as simply
and purely sensational. There has not
been an election yesn in the last fifteen
years that the Republica, could not
have beaten Mr.. Randall, one way or an
other, if they had wanted to retire him.
A Democrat in name, he has held his dis
trict under circumstances that would
have insured the defeat of any othel
Democrat. The truth is that Mr.. Ran
dali is too valuable as a protecuoniSt to
be dispensed with by the Republicans.
He is q man of remarkable ability, a
trained tactician and parliamentarian,
never lacking resources, and can always
count on the support of small but
stesdfast and compact band Of Demo-
Gratis, so called, who hold protection
views as he does, and who have enabled
him, more than once, to defeat reform
measures put on foot by the party to
which he claims to owe allegiance. There
is not . Republican in all Pennsylvania
who would be half so serviceable, in the
Lower House of Congress, to the Repub-
icsn protectionists of Pennsylvania as
Mr.. Randall. The Republicans know
his aud the whole country knows it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

THE Chicago Inter, Ocean denies that
John Sherman's visit to the South has
any political significance. He comes for
rest, for oranges and for strawberries,
but, the Inter Ocean adds, that if cor
nered he will tell which side he is on in
terms the southerners will neither misun-
derstand nor forget. The people of this
section have most excellent memories
and will need no prompting to remember
the entire Sherman family. AS for rest,
he will doubtless find it in land where
no ovations will be rendered him, and no
brass bands harrass his hours of retire
ment. Strawberries will be unstintedly
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
The Reporters.
New York Tribune.

The Chaplain of the Minnesota LegisIa
ture is certainly unique Individual. In
opening the Legislature the other day he
"praYed" thus with himself: "And now,
dear Lord, bless the reporters whose
nimble pens catch every word almost De
fore it is uttered. Like Thysef they are
omnipresent, and almost omnipotent. If
we take the wings of the morning and fly
to the uttermost parts of the earth hey
are there. They meet US IN the
jungles of Africa, they waylay US
in the solitary canons of Colorado, and
when at length we find the latitude of tbe
magnetic pole, behold, they are there.
May their light and goodness be equal to
their power, ard in the general assembly
of heaven let no reporter be excluded"
If the reporters don't "boom" this chap
lain for a second term, it is likely that
one man in Minnesota will be much
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
A DEMOCRATIC POSTMASTER.

Al LID LII UNA ~ L OJO LII do En-
Postmaster Harrety of Philadelphia is
on the rack now, victim of the civil ser
vice reform theory. Commissioners Ly-
man and Oberly have been to the Quaker
City to investigate the charges and re-
turned to Washington to sum up their
conclusions and make report. Mr.. Har-
retY is Democrat, of course, and when
he took the office there were, equally as
matter OF course, numerous Re publicans
on the list of employees; in fact it is 10 be
doubted If there was man in the office
who voted for Cleveland for President.
The charge against the postmaster is that
he has been aCtuated by partisan coDsid-
erations in making his removals, taking
care to put in a good Democrat for every
Republican made TO walk the plank.
This was sufficient to arouse the Repub-
liCans and the intervention of the
civil service commission was invoked
The postmaster's acts have been brought
under close scrutiny, and the report of
the commission will be awaited with as
much interest as in the similar case last
year ct Indianapolis, where, by the way,
the postmaster CAME out on top. 1t is
difficult to convince the Republicans and
mugWumps that & Democrat, when he
gets in office, has about the game charac-
teristics that Republicans have displayed
under like circumstanCes-he desires to
surround himself, as far as practicable,
with men of his own way of thinking,
politically, end it is the most natural
thing in the world that If he can make
place for a Democrat he should do so.
The Republicans never missed snch Op-
portunities when in power, and there is
the best reason to believe that if in power
again they would laugh civil service re-
form Gas they want it construed now to
scorn. Men of ali parties-that is, all
men who are good CitiZens-desire to see
an efficient administration Of the public !
service, but it will require stronger logic |
than is at the command of any mugwump |
to convince solid, well-regulated Demo !
crat that he is not serving the Lord and !
his country, too, when he can plant an |
honest, competent Democrat in place |
that has been filled by Republican.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

BISMARCK may now fold his arms COM
placently across his breast and say: 81
am Germany" The septernate bill has
been passed at the third reading without
debate, and Europe waits with baited
breath the imperial rod. AutoCratic Rus
STA cenfers the order of White Eagle upon
the son of this Prince, and SO far concili-
ates the power of Prussia as to allow
events to take their course in much vexed
Bulgaria
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
FROM ANY SOURCE

The .AZETTE will receive Snd &C
knowledge donations from any source for
the drouth sufferers. If funds are not
being raised in ether towns where there
are parties who desire to help these peo-
pie buy seed, THE GAZETTE will be
pleased to add such contributions to its
list. THE GAZETTE is informed that oats
may be sown as late as March 10, and as
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

BISHOP, as a mind reader, must be re-
garded as failure. For one protesting
to have this talent, even to the extent Of
reading a woman's mind, and not be able
to command the presence of his wife at
his sickbed, shows an amount of igno-
rance of the variable character of the mind
of the sex that would hardly be found in
q husband of the ordinary variety.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
Purpose OF the Ballet.

Twelve-year- Miss-The opera was
very long, wasn't it, mamma?
Mamma-Yes, daughter, and very styl-
ish.
Miss-The ballet girls don't sing, do
they, mamma?
Mamma-NO, daughter.
Miss-Why do they have the ballet
then, mamma?
Papa-To make the opera as broad as
it is long, daughter. Don't ask any more
questions,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

rapidly as funds accumulate from these
donations to buy seed the purchase will
be made. Without aid to procure seed
for planting these people will be as help
less III the future as they are now. tits
a cause that appeals to the generosity Of
all who are able to assist, and THE GA
zETTE will take pleasure in scknowledg-
ing all donations.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
Rates Of Advertising Furnished on Application.

Rates Of Advertising Furnished on Application
Remittances by draft, postofce money order or
q registered letter, at risk Of office,
Correspondence is solicited upon all ne1rS sub
jects.
Prompt Information oreUeats and nelcs happen
i;lqs Of general interest solicited, and lCH be prop
eTly compensated.
III communications intended for publication
must be accompanied by the acTiterS name and Gd
dTeSs-7lot for ptbIicdtion-b1t as an Evidence Of
good faith
Parties 1cTiting to THE GAZETTE on business
personal to themselves 1OiH please icoSe stamp TOR
reply.
ali letters or communications for THE GAZETTE
whether on business or for publication should be
addressed to THE GAZETTE, or DEMOCRAT PUB
LIsHIEG Co, Fort Worth, Ter, AND NOT TO
INDIVIDUALS.
an checks, money orders, postal notes, ETC.,
should be made payable to the DEMOCRAT PUB
LISTING co.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

THE studied manner in which the Dallas
News and Fort Worth GAZETTB endeavor to
ignore Paris very clearly shows their Jealousy
of this City.-TParis News
THE GAzETTE had supposed that the
Paris News had passed M0t stage of Texas
journalism. The jealousy" racket
should be left to newspapers printed in
towns which are about to secure a second
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

But little time is left, and the Legisla-
ture should investigate, that Pecos Valley
canal project. If it promises good to
Texas, the bill should become a law.
The interests of the state would seem to
demand action OF this matter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

THE cost of disposing of dead New
YORK alderman is Sl648.15. But the dis
position of living ones has been fraught
with much more trouble and expense.
This state of affairs reverses the old
proverb, for IN this case the dead lion is
better than the living dog.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
Forgot to say Amen.

The most extraordinary incident OF alb
sent-mindedness is told of 8 clergyman
who forgot what he was about in the mid
die of a prayer and sat down, In mo-
ment he arose and, pointing to the
amazed congregation, said; ooh! by the
WAY. amen.n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

served to HIM, as he will SO literally fur
nish the "cream of the joke" in coming
south to Ca them. Come south, John
Sherman, for this section will furnish you
refreshment, and intends to give you
rest from all your political lsbors in the
fUtUTe
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17

THE Greer county patents will not be
validated. The land remains devoted to
the payment of the public debt and to
the public schools. The Twentieth Legis-
iature will not Iegalize the attempt to
give away lands for which there was no
authority
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-17
As Others See 1t.

The unkindest cut of all is that the
Fort Worth GAZETTE has been sued by q
Dallas undertaken. 1t will take more
than one Dallas undertaken to bury The
GAZETTE.